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Weatherlawyer
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Last one of a major run of similar spells this week sees the return of
forest fires in California and a variety of similar recent repasts.
Santa Annas anyone not too busy lolling on the floor licking their
gentiles?
Weatherlawyer
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> Last one of a major run of similar spells this week sees the return of
> forest fires in California and a variety of similar recent repasts.
Dust Storm off Iceland
On September 17, 2008, NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of a
dust storm blowing off the northern coast of Iceland: >
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=18174
The source points for the storm appear immediately north of the
massive Vatnajökull Glacier.
According to reports from the Danish Meteorological Agency, the winds
were linked to a strong low-pressure system located to the west of
Iceland in the Denmark Strait off the south-east coast of Greenland.
The storm harboured the remnants of Hurricane Ike.
In the Northern Hemisphere, winds spiral inward in a counter-clockwise
direction.
Since the remnants of Hurricane Ike were west of Iceland near the time
of this image, strong winds were sweeping in from the south, picking
up the loess, and whisking it northward.
This graphic from the Danish Meteorological Agency shows the location
of the low-pressure area: >
http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/orkanen_ike_naar_island_onsdag
While stirring up this dust, the storm bearing the remnants of Ike was
producing gale force winds in south-eastern Greenland and churning up
9-meter (29.5-foot) swells in Denmark Strait.
According to the Danish Meteorological Agency, remnants of hurricanes
and tropical storms only reach Iceland every two to four years.
When Ike came ashore over the Gulf Coast of the United States, much of
the moisture and energy of the storm were swept up by a weather system
heading north-eastward across the country. That system crossed the
North Atlantic, bringing high winds, dangerous surf, and heavy rains
to Greenland and Iceland.
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Or to put it another way, the spell of weather responsible for
Hurricane Ike lead to developments in the northern North Atlantic that
provided a wind phenomenon that is common in southern California but
relatively unknown in Iceland.
The sequence occurs there every two to 4 years. I don't know what sort
of average that is the average of the average, though, is once every
three years.
There are 12 spells this year with the same time of phase -in a manner
of speaking, as the one running at the time the storm was running over
Iceland.
But Ike started off Cape Verde towards the end of August 2008 and was
most intense around the 3rd of September. It hit Cuba as a Cat 3
(killing 7 people) on the 7th.
On the 10th the Chimp (a week late and a fortune short (as usual))
declared Texas an emergency area. Ike went ashore there on the 11th
and killed nearly 100 people not counting the over 200 missing.
All of which occurred in spells excluding the type we are enjoying at
present.
*******
As a corollary however it aught to be stated that when it comes to a
stand off between a country widely thought of (until this century) as
the richest one in the world (and still is, to many uneducated
citizens of that country) and a country whose subsistence economy has
been impacted by 50 years of aggressive subversion from that larger
country...
...it is generally best to live in a socialist democracy whose sole
ruler is a 70 or 80 year old man with terminal cancer than to live in
an oilicrazy whose soul owner is a muppet that has never done anything
right... never, since the day they mistook the baby for the the
afterbirth.
I have to hand it to Hollywood. I wouldn't in a billion years have
ever dreamed of replacing Ronald Reagan with his co-star. A work of
brilliance that has given the world Oscar winning entertainment -worth
every drop of Arabian bloodshed.
Oh, hang on... there is going to be decades of come-back on Britain
for that too isn't there... Centuries maybe?
Ah well, apart from all those women raped and children killed he's put
on an excellent performance.
Weatherlawyer
notwithstanding (or do I mean withstanding?) a North Atlantic Low
reaching Norway above the Arctic Circle (Vestfiorden say) there's a
chance it could be linked with Philippine earthquakes.
Further south, (North and South Utsire say) the relationship with
earthquakes might be with those in Japan.
Weatherlawyer
Not quite. Southern North America. The Isthmus of Panama. But at least
I got a 974 going where I want it.
That Mexican quake brought us relief from the wet weather for a day or
so. Might this be true of the forest fires in California?
Or have they reached the sea and have no farther to go? In which case
perhaps the Santa Anas have a role to play in forecasting events
farther afield. Maybe even to step into the realms of tornado
research?
Weatherlawyer
degree of pain and exactly the same place as last time.
If only I could remember what happened next.
Maybe I should look it up but I think I failed to report in last time
too neither.
Weatherlawyer
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.talk.weather/browse_frm/thread/78be2af55bad20bc/5695f900b186f22f?lnk=gst&q=crick+neck#
Reunion: >
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#indian
And something in keeping with all the small Virgin Islands quakes
maybe Montserrat: >
http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#monty
Man this crick is a biatche'. Aspirin is too slow and my stronger
tablets too tempting. I wish I had a freezer, some frozen carrots or
something on it now would be nice.
I am convinced it is a rhinitis type virus that is best treated with
good posture, cooling and rest/mild exercise.
But I'd settle for a couple of beers.
Weatherlawyer
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> I have been most remiss and failed to report a crick in my neck same
> > degree of pain and exactly the same place as last time.
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> > If only I could remember what happened next.
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> > Maybe I should look it up but I think I failed to report in last time
> > too neither: >
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> Reunion:
> http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#indian
> And something in keeping with all the small Virgin Islands quakes
> maybe Montserrat:
> http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#monty
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> Man this crick is a biatche'. Aspirin is too slow and my stronger
> tablets too tempting. I wish I had a freezer, some frozen carrots or
> something on it now would be nice.
>
> I am convinced it is a rhinitis type virus that is best treated with
> good posture, cooling and rest/mild exercise.
>
> But I'd settle for a couple of beers.
Damn should have checked MetO for this:
Gustav 07L NAT 25 August 02 September 130 -
Hanna 08L NAT 28 August 07 September 70 -
Ike 09L NAT 01 September 14 September 125
Those high intensity ones would have altered the spell to that of a
spell value just like this one. Obviously knocked it back 3 3/4 hours.
Unless there is something more running than the gales reported.
Nope!
Omar and 016 are just gales.
Flaccid Lows and low Highs in the North Atlantic make it a negative
NAO and thus open the chambers of the deeps for magma to vent.
OOYAH!!!
Son of a bitch!
Four cats on the typhoon = 4 hours on the clock.
Category Four Hurricane:
114-135 knots; 131-155 mph, or 210-249 km/hr.
The second best thing to getting something wrong is getting something
right. One is depressing at first while the other is depressing later.
All this has been is both and a pain in the neck.
Thanks god!
Lets have a sad song:
I caught a cool Low
Just 974 high
I placed that mother right between the lines
It was in lazy motion
I said it would calm down
It took a little time
But it calmed down
When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
And the last one to know
When something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
It's such an unusual sight
No, I can't get used to something so right
There's a ridge in the Atlantic
Thousands of miles long
And it grows the Lows so big and strong
And it's a bulwark around me
I find hard to see
That's what takes time
Makes it hard to see
When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
And the last one to know
when something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
because it's such an unusual sight
Oh, I swear, I can't get used to something so right
Some people can't see what is possible
It's not their style
And it makes them bold
Some people need meekness and humility
But like children they will not be told, no
When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
And the last one to know
When something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
Because it's such an unusual sight
I swear, I can't get used to something so right
Thank Paul you are as usual an ace and a consolation.
Next stop a cure for arthritis and rheumatism.
Czjd! I just burned my tea!
Weatherlawyer
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> > I have been most remiss and failed to report a crick in my neck
> > > same degree of pain and exactly the same place as last time.
Which was the end of August, last.
When the following erupted:
> > Reunion:
> >http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#indian
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> > And something in keeping with all the small Virgin Islands quakes
> > maybe Montserrat:
> >http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm?content=maps#monty
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> Gustav North Atlantic 25 Aug to 2 Sept 130kt
> Hanna North Atlantic 28 Aug to 7 Sept 70kt
> Ike North Atlantic 1 to 14 Sept 125kt
>
> Those high intensity ones would have altered the spell to the
> value of this one. Obviously knocked it back 3 3/4 hours.
>
> Omar and 016 are just gales.
> Flaccid Lows and low Highs in the North Atlantic make it a negative
> NAO and thus open the chambers of the deeps for magma to vent.
Previous spell was 22:50 this one is 20:03
> Four cats on the typhoon = 4 hours on the clock.
>
> Category Four Hurricane:
> 114-135 knots; 131-155 mph, or 210-249 km/hr.
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> On Aug 28, 9:11 pm, Weatherlaw...@gmail.com > wrote:
>
> I had a bad crick in my neck and left shoulder from yesterday
> though it had been building for a few days. Earlier this evening
> it cleared up after taking some tablets for an headache it has
> entirely gone.
> And that Low set-up that broke apart yesterday has built up
> once again.
>
> Go figure.
>
>The Lows were low enough for a positive oscillation and the
> Highs are on the low side, the negative end.
>
Positive "anomaly" in the North Atlantic means the cyclones are deep
and the highs are intense.
Tropical storms go east to west and are not afraid of the open sea.
Negative anomalies have weak cyclones and anticyclones of not much
more than 1020mb.
Then there these:
When Lows are normal -that is fairly low but highs are not all that
high:
There is a lot of volcanic and seismic activity in the Aleutians.
World-wide the incidence of Mag 6 and greater quakes is common.
Which leaves spells where the Lows are flaccid but the Highs are high.
I must go through these archives and see what can be seen: >
Weatherlawyer
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
My neck is better. Ta.
Weatherlawyer
The birth pangs of the morning fall out of darkness without a scar. I
am up to greet it, watching the sky being born.
It is cold in the morning but it does not look like rain. Who am I
kidding?, it can not be seen.
It seemed to me to be seen.
Yes, that is what I mean.
We have reason to give glory that we are part of the story going on.
Going on to guess at what will be.
An eponymous travail demystifying forecasture's foggy clouds. Hiding
the seismic story of meteorology without the the grace to be graceful
like a snowflake in hell's chancery.
The hale of a god of war.
The emptiness of loneliness that alienates the winners going far The
awkwardness of standing between god and men for those that go that
way.
Is like losing friends that were never company. Good company is a
comfort you are not striving to be in. An hall of fame holds mirrors
to the winners who are never there.
A good king is in his tower ever turning and he is pacing the floor.
And he who would be king is never shown the door. An hail of flaming
mirrors holds his story:
What will be.
And light of dawn gets colder. The birth pangs of the morning fall out
of darkness without a scar. I am up to greet it, watching the sky
being born.
Weatherlawyer
> > > degree of pain and exactly the same place as last time.
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> > good posture, cooling and rest/mild exercise.
>
Some noticeable discomfort for this one too:
5.8 M. 2008/10/19 12:55 Tonga; >
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/185_-20.php
My infrastructure is directly connected to the Friendly Isles. How
sweet.
I bet I remember this for next time.
Weatherlawyer
Points to look out for:
Wild fires, bridges failing and offshore winds causing dust storms.
The first two might fail as alarms when the number of forests and
bridges available reduces.
Weatherlawyer
I'm pretty sure that this bas.... gave me a hard time last night too:
>
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/120_0.php
Zero. [plus] 120. to [minus] 22. [minus] 173. Somewhere in the region
of 66.6 degrees of separation.
I was asleep at the time and too annoyed at being awakened to pay more
attention. But the discomfort was enough to get me out of bed. Upper
left arm muscle pain is the best I can do.
I have to get my head around this one. What are the permutations?
In the North Atlantic what was once a tropical depression is
coagulating to the west of Britain. It is quite interesting watching a
stalled Low acting as the centre about which the approaching Low seems
to be swinging. Rather in the manner of the way that the earth and
moon rotate.
No reports of Tornadoes, Hail or strong winds in the USA and tropical
depressions of no more than gale force. They started out as twin lows
of North America something like the size of France apart.
Now they are no more than an elongation north of the Hebrides. (954
mb.)
It all borders on inexplicable phenomena the nearest I have come to an
acceptable explanation of which concerns the frequency of sound in a
range of interference patterns with the human senses.
We are all familiar with sound frequencies that set the teeth on edge.
Maybe there are other frequencies. Hypnotic ones even. Or stuff that
cracks up the mind.
All change after today. This spell at 20:03 from last Tuesday gives in
to an 11:55 tomorrow.
Weatherlawyer
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> > Wild fires, bridges failing and offshore winds causing dust storms.
> > The first two might fail as alarms when the number of forests and
> > bridges available reduces.
>
>
> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/120_0.php
>
> Zero. [plus] 120. to [minus] 22. [minus] 173. Somewhere in the
> region of 66.6 degrees of separation.
>
> I was asleep at the time and too annoyed at being awakened to
> pay more attention. But the discomfort was enough to get me
> out of bed.
> Upper left arm muscle pain is the best I can do.
>
> I have to get my head around this one. What are the permutations?
>
> In the North Atlantic what was once a tropical depression is
> coagulating to the west of Britain. It is quite interesting watching a
> stalled Low acting as the centre about which the approaching Low seems
> to be swinging. Rather in the manner of the way that the earth and
> moon rotate.
>
> No reports of Tornadoes, Hail or strong winds in the USA and tropical
> depressions of no more than gale force. They started out as twin lows
> of North America something like the size of France apart.
>
> Now they are no more than an elongation north of the Hebrides.
> (954 mb.)
So why didn't that cause it? What a dumb question. We get them all the
time and I only get cricks on occasion. Otherwise and I'd do
something.
I don't think it was anything else either, as the other stuff just
lacked the power.
And I want to believe it.
It's my arm. If you don't like it, get your own.
> It all borders on inexplicable phenomena the nearest I have come
> to an acceptable explanation of which concerns the frequency of
> sound in a range of interference patterns with the human senses.
I read that somewhere and it rang true.
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Well, its all in the past now, on with the forecast.
The economic climate is in meltdown and after it finishes melting it
will take some warming.
Oh yes, and we should have longish spells of not very intense
seismicity until a decent storm brews up. This home one has to unwind.
It can't get that much lower, not in the spell coming in at least.
But there are tropical storms due. Strong ones. Funny how they grow
stronger when they move north. They hit land and fade then re-brew in
another ocean.
Eventually they end up in the Arctic as there is nowhere else for them
to go to. What happens to them then?
And who the hell knows where seismic storms go? I bet no one is even
looking. Effing plate tectonics. Dumb-arsed idea.
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I suppose I had better clarify this:
"we should have longish spells of not very intense seismicity"
I'm not saying there won't be any sixes. How would I know that? But
it's October and this an home run for storms. Not that I got it right
last time.
It's just that when there are storms due, the frequency of large
magnitude quakes of whatever frequency..... drops.
Its no big deal if you haven't been hypnotised by plate tech theory.
Weatherlawyer
> until a decent storm brews up. This home one has to unwind.
> It can't get that much lower, not in the spell coming in at least.
949 mb and as far as I know, nothing holding it up. That is pretty
low. There have got to be three lows in there struggling with their
identities.
See you in a spell lads.
(But not this one.)